A good Photograph, what do u attribute it to?

[orislee]

Have you tried a naked model in lousy light or not? :sweatsm:

shoot what then?
hahaha

 

[yanyewkay]

shoot raw.. then hopefully you got something by luck and go back PP.. ;p

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

缘分到了, 挡也挡不了

when it comes, it comes :angel:

不是你的，就别在勉强。。。 :devil:

 

[yanyewkay]

再 not 在 :bsmilie:

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

再 not 在 :bsmilie:

oopps... 不要再逼我了。。。。 :cry:

 

[ortega]

Have you tried a naked model in lousy light or not? :sweatsm:

yes, shot 3 rolls in B&W only 1 picture is fit to show
any old person in good light on the other hand :thumbsup:

 

[ortega]

add new one for DSLR era

electricity = 100%
ever shoot without power?

 

[jdredd]

for street photog,, maybe theres such a thing as luck.. ie that kissing photograph from paris..

but even if you take someone like cartier-besson.. a lot of his photogs werent from luck.. much has to do with skill and vision behind the lens.

even with landscape work.. sure there is variability with the weather, but even then, people like ansel adams didnt leave it to luck.. they made sure they knew the weather intimately, and if it meant camping out day after day to catch a shot, so be it.

for portraiture.. theres practically zero room for luck.

 

[jsbn]

i say 30% equipment, 50% luck, 20% oppounity

better equipments makes it easier for u to achieve a good photo

Luck is a must.. no luck u see the thing u raise ur camera and piak battery flat

oppounity is the open gap where u can stick ur lens thru and take a shot

Erm... no skills needed? Just machine gun ur way thru? :dunno:

 

[lovells19]

skills ... 0%?..... :bsmilie::sweatsm::sweat:

haha forget abt skill

 

[ortega]

even with landscape work.. sure there is variability with the weather, but even then, people like ansel adams didnt leave it to luck.. they made sure they knew the weather intimately, and if it meant camping out day after day to catch a shot, so be it.

for portraiture.. theres practically zero room for luck.

a quote from Ansel Adams

"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter."


100% luck

 

[eikin]

for portraiture.. theres practically zero room for luck.

model feels out of mood ... too bad

 

[Canonised]

for portraiture.. theres practically zero room for luck.

haha ... make sure your shoot doesnt happen on THAT day when the riverbank breaks!....:bsmilie:

 

[ortega]

haha ... make sure your shoot doesnt happen on THAT day when the riverbank breaks!....:bsmilie:

then the photographer need as much luck as possible :bsmilie:

 

[student]

a quote from Ansel Adams

"Sometimes I do get to places just when God's ready to have somebody click the shutter."


100% luck

Hmmm.......

Oh, BTW, do you know which camera Ansel Adams used?

I wonder how many here know how to operate that camera?

Do you?

Which "somebody" God have in mind?

 

[singscott]

For me is awareness. Skill, knowledge and techneically stuff just prepare you for the moment. But only you have awareness then where moment to click come.

 

[ortega]

Hmmm.......

Oh, BTW, do you know which camera Ansel Adams used?

I wonder how many here know how to operate that camera?

Do you?

Which "somebody" God have in mind?

nope i do not know the camera, does it matter?
but i know he shoots large format, and yes i have used one before
but that was a long time ago

just want to illustrate that everyone needs luck
even Ansel Adams and he said so himself

i dare not say i know who god had in mind, do you?

 

[student]

nope i do not know the camera, does it matter?

Yes, it matters.

If one is presented with the right moment, but cannot recognise it, and knows not how to operate the equipment, knows not how to frame the scene, knows not how to expose correctly, the moment is wasted.

I use a large format too. Including a 8x10 format camera which Ansel Adams used. After using such cameras for more than three years, I still need A LOT more time than John Sexton or Bruce Barnbaum to take an image, assuming first that I can see what was presented before me!

just want to illustrate that everyone needs luck
even Ansel Adams and he said so himself

Yes, and Ansel Adams said it with great humility. There were few people in that era who knew the craft of photography as well as him.

It will be a mistake to assume that Ansel Adams meant that luck was all that is.

Luck is required. Yes!

But 100%? Are you not exaggerating a little too much?

i dare not say i know who god had in mind, do you?

I may be guilty of blasphemy! But I think I do.

God has in mind those who laboured hard for that right moment to click the shutter.

 

[Del_CtrlnoAlt]

nope i do not know the camera, does it matter?
but i know he shoots large format, and yes i have used one before
but that was a long time ago

just want to illustrate that everyone needs luck
even Ansel Adams and he said so himself

i dare not say i know who god had in mind, do you?

reminds me of the song again...

What if God was one of us
Just a noob like one of us
Just a sniper on the rush
Trying to make his way home

 

[bernardy4416]

For a good photograph?

Good basic technical skills and decent camera gear are important, but what REALLY counts are inspiration and a little luck.

My 2 cents....


Bernard